Chute



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E. PEIRCE.

CHUTE FILED APR. (2, 192l.

Dec. 26, 1922.

EDWARD PEIRCE,

on QFPQRTUNITY, WASZEIIEZGTGN.

Application filed April 1921.

T (at whom it may concern Be it known that l, l lnwnnn citizen of the "United States, resid ng Opportunity, in the county 0i? State of lVashington, have invented certaii new and useful Improvements in C utes, ot which the following is a spec-iii ation.

My present invention relates to improvements in chutes or gravity eonveyers of the wall type, adapted especially for transferring merchandise or other packages from an upper floor or level to a lower floor or level.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of an appliance for use in storag houses or ware houses whereby pack;

s may with convenience and dis} Non oe transferred or conveyed from one level to a lower level and there discharged, and in carrying out this object it have utilized an appliance which is extremely simple in construction, comparatively inexpensive in cost of manufacture and i oallation, and aurable. By the utilization of my invention in its physical embodiment am enabled to conserve or save space in the warehouse interior, and avoid the use of wells or openings in the building floors. as new customarily used, by locating the major portion of the chute on the exterior 015 the warehouse, it the receiving and discharge oi the chute opening in the interior of the warehouse. The structure 01 the chute provides a smooth, unobstructed path of travel for the merchandise. and be furnished with a braking or retarding portion for slowing up the travel o the package before it emerges from the discharge end or. the chute or conveyer.

in the accompanying drawings 1 have illustrated one complete example of the physical embodiment of my invention adapted for transferring boxes of apples from one iioor or level of a warehouse to a lower floor, in which he parts are combined and arranged according; to the best mode I. have thus tar devise. for the practical application of the principles of my invention, and modification of this form of the invention is also illustrated in the drawings, wherein the chute is equipped with a specially formed portion forming a retarder adjacent to the discharge end oi the chute.

Figure 1 is a view in sideelevation or" the chute constructed according to myin- Serial No. 460,718.

vention, and roinbincd with the s lc wall and doors of stora or warehous tor T transfer oi merchandise.

Figure 2 is a transverse through the chute.

Figure 3 is an end view of he chute, with the spout or end extension inn'ioved.

Figure l is a front view ot one 01'? the spouts or end extensions.

Figure 5 illustrates a modified torm'oi? the invention.

In carrying out my invention l utilize the side wall 1 of the building or warehouse and the upper door or level 2 and lower floor or level 3, as indicated in Figure l, the purpose of the appliance being to convey, by gravity, merchandise or other packages of goods from the upper level to the lower level, through the chute iisshown in Figure 1 the chute is a rigid structure hay in a curved outline, and hollow, preferably rectangular in cross section and made up of sheet plates forming the front and rear walls 5 and 5. and similar plates 6 and 6 forming the inner and outer sides of the curved structure. The curved plates 6 6 are each fashioned with flanged edges 7, and at 8 these edges are riveted to the edges of the fiat plates 5 and 5 as best seen in Figure 2.

The curved chute is located on the exterior of i he building wall 1 with its ends extendinp; through the wall, one above and the other below the floor 2, and the receiving: spout 9 and discharging spout 10 are located inside the buildi or warehouse. The spouts are of duplica e construction and form extensions oi? the chute, the ends of the atter beinp fashioned with four flanges 11 by means or which the chute is attached to the interior face of the building wall 1,v

while the spouts which are open at the rear. front and top are provided with three conipl 7 y, integral flanges 12, riveted at 13 to the flanges 11.

The spouts are made up oi? a single sheet or plate oi metal with bent integral flanges suitably perforated for rivets, and prefer-- ably the front edge of the bottom of each spout is turned under as at i l to present a blunt edge and provide a brace or reinforce ment for the receiving,- and discharging e1;- tensions of the chute.

The utility of the chute will be readily apparent, as it is obvious that the merchandisc, as

the receiving extension 9 and pushed into the orifice at he upper end oi? the chute, and the box Will pass through the smooth and unobstructed passage Within the chute and be dischar ed at the end or extension 10 in Figure 1, "cm here it may be transported as desired. Other chutes beernployed in conjunction with that iiiustr uted', as for instunce an upper chute may be utilized to contve the boxes to the floor mqrked 2, and e iower chute may have its receiving; end :ufijecent the discharge end 10, and convey the boxes to it floor beneath the floor marked 3.

In Figure 5 the chute e" is illustrated in connection with the \WLH 1 and equipped with receiving end or extension 9 and discharge extension 10C As ameans for returding or braking the pussige oi the de scending box I ma utilize wee resseu portion or pocket at e adjacent tothe outlet'or discharge end oi the chute. Due to friction in the lower Well of the pocket caused by the sharp turn in the depression the box will be slecked up in its movement, and the friction may be such as to retard the box so that its momentum will be sufiicient only to discharge the box on the bottom of the e):-

tension or spout 10 without fioor beneath the spout.

Fron'i theuhove description en in connccti 11 with mydruwinm it will be evident rhut I have provided an appliance that fuithe o ects of my invention, and which will pen in its functions (ZS e comparatively perfect instrumentuiit'y for the purpose;

Claims:

1. The combination and adjoining floors, of an outwardly curved exterior casin' forin' e chute having its open, receiving and disch 831MB; proj'ect v through the building; all above said 'floo s a receiving extension on the up per end oi? the chute and at c'iischui "e extension on the tower end of the chute Within the imiidingi b The confibinu tion with a; building fiiuiil and adjoining floors, of an outWu/Lrdly curved enterior'cnsing forming achute with interior openings, at receiving extension, discharge extension, and said chute having a retarding" depression adjacent the dische e end thereof. v in testunony whereof l ufiix my signature.

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